It opened student membership to those in years 4 or 5 of their Bachelor of Dental Surgery undergraduate degree in 2011.
It ran a programme of training courses and continuous professional development for the whole dental team.
The Journal was launched on 4 October 2012, and replaced the previous publications 'Primary Dental Care', 'Team in Practice' and 'First-Hand'[1] Each issue focuses on a key topic in primary care dentistry combining research, clinical best practice papers and scenario articles.
Based on standards created by the FGDP(UK), it published a range of standards books and guidance for UK dentistry, many of which are now published by the College of General Dentistry.
These publications were: The Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) conferred a range of awards and honours.